The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-02 00:00:00

sr;itirr OF THE PUBLIC J OURNAL. The Times is at great pains to confound a House of Lords with the House of Lords as now constituted. It holds up the advocates of a reform of the Lords as desirous of making the House Of Commons absolute. Having practised this fraud on its readers, it then dilates on the defective Constitution of the • House of Commons, with a view to reconcile them to the mon strous state of things which now prevails—a House of Lords and House of Commons in permanent hos tility to each other. Admitting all that the Times advances against the House of Commons (and we have on many occasions shown ourselves as much alive to the defects of that branch of the Legislature as the Times can be), this proves merely the neces sity for a House of Lords to re-consider and amend the hasty legislation of the Commons ; but does not prove the necessity for the House of Lords as at pre sent constituted, which is actuated by interests at va riance with those of the nation. " Let us observe," says the Times, that all men con versant with Parliamentary affairs perfectly well know that for the transaction of matters of business, the House of ommons is about the most inefficient assembly that ever was permitted to meddle in the concerns of a great com mercial country. We pass over the question of individual corruption—the jobbing on committees, and so forth and attach ourselves to the proved incapableness of the House, which arising, we are 'aware, from the gioss igno rance and presumption of those whom the Commons allow to lead them, and from the unhappy mode in which they go through the form of discharging the duties that devolve upon them, is nevertheless a defect for which the whole body is responsible, from which the whole community suffer sufficiently even now, and would suffer still more severely were it not for the vigilant and skilful superintendence of the Lords, in mitigating or correcting the vices and the errors of the measures sent up to them by the Lower House:" And then it quotes the opinion of Lord Brougham, that " if there had been no House of Lords, the House of Commons must have stopped its legislation, or if it had worked on, it would have been covered with blun ders and absurdities With the competition which prevailed amongst 658 men, who are constantly striving one with another, it was impossible that the details of measures could receive the same calm and deliberate attention which they obtained in their Lord ships' House, where none of those distractions pre vailed.i; There is both truth and falsehood in this represenCation. It is hardly possible to conceive a body worse adapted for legislation than the House of Commons. Before the union with Ireland, .it was far too numerous, and a hundred additional members could not improve it. But twenty-five or thirty years ago the great bulk of the Members were possessed of . no capacity for business, and did not pretend to any ; the debates were few and far between, and there were not-above twenty Members who took any part in the proceedings of the House. There was a family re semblance between the Members of the two Houses ; nineteen out of twenty of the Commons were as idle and ill-informed as the generality of the Lords stiii arc. The Reform in the Representation has filled the House of Commons with speakers, all of whom ar e anxious to prove to their constituents that they are deserving of the - distinction conferred on them, and there is, in consequence, such an excess of discussion that there is no time for any thing else. The House of Commons, besides, arrogates too much to itself—Bills are considered in detail, in Com mittees of the whole House, that is in a mob—and for the sake of fees to clerks 4nd other officers, Inclo sure Bills and a variety of other matters, which ought to be confided to particular tribunals, are all considered in Parliament. The latitude, too, allowed to peti tions, is another impediment in the way of legislation. But when we allow all this, we do not see that the opponents of a Reform in the House of Lords derive auv advantage from it. Great changes iu the mode o! conductiner, business in the House of Commons are un questionably necessary. It is not because that House really represents the people that it is unfit for legisla tion, but because it still retains the system of proce dure which ini , dit be suited to a rude age, but which is obviously unsuited to ours. But w hether the House _adopt a better system or not, the Lords would not be one whit less efficient for the purpose of review ing the acts of the Commons, if they were in...de r. little mere honest than they now are. Nay, they would be more efficient, for the Peers arc become too numerous for a deliberative assembly ; and were, it not that discussion is almost. confined to the law lord,. the newly created peers, and those who have acquired experience in the House of Commons (for it was ad mitted by Lord Harrowhy, in the discussions on Reform Bill, that Noble Loris who hail not bee:, trained in the Commons seldom made a fi2;urc arnor their Lordships),-fileJ]pper House would be far too troweled. But were a certain number of Peers to he elected from the whole body by constituencies having. interests and feelings in common with the nation, tit' Members so chosen would be the most accomplished of the hotly, and efficiency, as a second branch of the Legislature, would not certainly be impaired by the con fidence reposed by the -nation' in their integrity. At present the majority of the Lords do not sympathise with the people, and the selfishness which is apparent in all their proceedings divests them of the influence and authority which a better body could not fail to p osses s. With respect to jobbing, the Commons in Committees have certainly laid themselves open to the charges brought against them by the Times. But are the Lords pure ? Far from it. During the last ses sion, several Peers unblushingly opposed measures of dreat national benefit, merely because their incomes would be affected •by them. No member of the' Cormnons would have dared to use the language oeenlv held by Lords Londonderry and Wharn eliffe; in the case of the South Durham Rail way Bill. But from ail that we have heard, the Bribery and corruption in the Committees of the Lords has not been exceeded in the Commons. Several Bills were thrown out by influencing Lords to vole who had not heard a tittle of the evidence. The Poverty of some of the Peers leads them to sell them selves regularly, and one or- two are known to sell themselves twice over. Of course Peers of this de scription would not be chosen by any constituency, and the body would of course gain in respectability by the .circumstance. We bave thus shown that all the arguments of the Times do not bear on the real ques tion ; which is not whether there should or should not be a House of Peers to revise the proceedings of the Commons, but whether the Peers should be purified, by subjecting them to a responsibility to the nation ? This would add to their efficiency in every respect.— Morning Chronicle. The Ministerial prints threaten us, and those who think like us on the subject of the atrocious Poor Law Act, with something little short of positive annihila tion. We know not how the nerves of our Contem poraries may enable them to carry themselves under this impending infliction, but for ourselves, we confess, that we contemplate with dry eyes the ragings of the puddle that is about to be whipped into a storm on the subject of the Poor Laws. The " Tory" papers, as we are called, have acquired, and, we admit, deserve all the odium that can possibly attach to those who would protect the poor from a system of oppression more heartless than it ever entered into the mind of any but a Whig to meditate towards his fellow m en . Let us be abused and bullied for this ; we care not. We know slander and insult the our antagonists well. They Peers ; they starve and crush the poor. They are in the interest of a vile set of sordid and selfish conspira tors, who, desiring to clutch all the authority and the wealth of the State, are determined to have as few sharers in the plunder, as in the power, they hope to lay violent hands on. Hence their war cries—" Peer age Reform," and " The Poor Law Act." Knowing full well that they who from wealth, intelligence, and station, will be among the most formidable of those who are rushing to the rescu e of the poorfrom the cowardly and gold-blooded tyranny of the Whigs and Whig Radicals! that class of the community, the Peels, are butted at with blind brutality, while the helpless victims of poverty arc ,trampled on with iron hoof. For the present this party has the poor down, under foot, disgraced, insulted, even tor tured in their misery, by being torn from the embraces of their wives and children, and forbidden the worship of God among, the congregations of Christians with which they have hitherto been accustomed to commu nicate. But the Peers survive—aye, and will survive to put down the Whig faction, and expose its vile supporters among the Radical crew who have attached themselves to that faction in the hope that they may be permitted to participate its spoils. Talk of " Tory rule" indeed !—why, when under Tories did the exis tence of a Government hang upon a beggar's, breath — the word, the worthless word of a lying mendicant that leads a rebel gang ? When. under " Tory rule" was England laughed to scorn abroad, and shocked at home with the wailing's of women and children whom the cruel laws of man, not the dispensations of Providence, had made widows and orphans, while the King and the nobles were threatened with destruction by fellows who werenot fit to loose the shoes' lechet of the unworthiest Lord that ever had the misfortune to be corrupted by keeping their company ? Tell us not of names, but look to results. This Poor Law system, however, notwithstanding its irreligion and inhumanity, is said to have still a redeeming virtue—it is said to be economical. Now we will. tell our readers how its economy works. The soup of the poor is made weaker ; their bread blacker ; their cheese harder ; offal is given them for meat, and the quantity of each and every article is diminished to the starvation point; in order that a few shillings and pence may for appear ance sake be divided among the rate-payers, while many thousands of pounds are distributed in patronage to Government hangers-on, who are called " Commis sioners." Herein consists the economy of the Poor Law system. But we forget that we are provoking an increase of that chastisement, which it seems we have certainly drawn already upon our heads, though at present it is only in patio. Cupid is "in arms and eager for the fray," and we may perhaps fall in the encounter. Nevertheless, emulating a great example, we shall, as we said at first, keep up our courage. A certain Lord Mayor, when hunting, in olden times, in Moor-fields, was teld" My Lord, the hare is com ing." His Lordship, drawing his sword, exclaimed— " Let him come on." So, in all humility, say we to Cupid.—Times. The Tories are to be commended for one thing ; they never despair, however desperate the circum stances in which they may be placed. They always look on the sunny side of the picture. The ostrich when pursued by her enemies plunges her head among the sand, and then because the poor silly bird sees no danger, she fancies there is none. The conduct and logic of the Tories are much of the same complexion. They shut their eyes to the perils which surround them, and then sapiently conclude that all is perfectly safe. It is an old proverb—that none are %a blind as those who will not see. The Tories are precisely in this predicament. By and bye they will get their eyes opened—of that they may rest assured. A writer in Fraser's Magazine for this month concludes an elaborate article on " The Results of the past and the Prospects of the next Session," in these words, " Never since the fatal year 1829 were the pros pects of the Conservative cause so bright as at the present time." And is Toryism in such a flou risking condition just now ? We wish the Conserva tives joy of their prospects—that's all. If they are pleased, so are we. 'We shall see which of us will have the most cause to be in good humour with our selves six months hence. If it be the Tories, then we shall abjure prophecy ever after. It were a pity to disturb them in their day-dreams of an impending Conservative millerrium ; but we cannot help feeling* some curiosity to know on what they ground their con viction of the speedy triumph of their cause. OF course, we know that the grounds of such conviction are—if there be propriety in the expressimv—perfectly groundless. Still, that doeS not allay our curiosity to know what are those grounds, purely imaginary though they be ? Why do the Tories refuse to en lighten us? Do they see the speedy triumph of To ryism in the conduct of the Upper House, towards the close of the past Session ? If so, they are really a most extraordinary race of beings. That is precisely the thing which, of allothers, has, in our estimation, sealed their doom as a party. So surely as - another Session of Parliament meets will the hereditary Legislators, like the Volscians of old, be " fluttered in their " dove-cots." We do not by any means say that the destiny which awaits the Peers next Session will be their abolition as a distinct branch of the Legislature ; but we do feel as certain as we could do of any event while yet in the womb of time, that the House of Lords must'undergo a full and efficient reform: Little did the Peers relish the Russell purge, as they thought proper to call the Reform Bill of 1831, when admi nistered .to their friends in the House of Commons. How, we should like to know, will a Melbourne pill agree with their stomachs when compelled to swallow it themselves. It may be as well to tell them in time, in order that they may not be taken by surprise, tha! it a iii be a hitter pill, and that for much of its bitterness they will have to thank Lord Lyndhurst, who has acted as their "guide, philosopher, and friend," fur the last six months.—Morning Advertiser. We are informed, from a good source, though we are reluctant to plAge ourselves uncooditionally to the tact, that the. discussions _which are well known to have been going on between the Cabinet of St. James's and the Tuileries since the proclamation of the Con stitution in Spain have at length assumed a very un pleasant appearance. The Thunderer of . Dow inn(r. street, completely foiled by the superior tactics of Louis Philippe, has shaken the whOle celestial domi nions in his fury, and has threatened to expose several acts of his faithful ally which have been totally at va liance with his professions at the time. He is about to prove that Louis Philippe has actually given as sistance to Don Carlos, not only by permitting the frontier to continue open, in violation of his engage ment to close it, but by absolute and direct means. Supposing that Lord Palmerston is able to prove communications between the King of the French and Don Carlos, what good can arise to him ? Eviry one has seen that Louis Philippe, finding that the , Queen was unable to maintain her position at Madrid, has—in accordance with the policy of France, invari ably acted upon since the time of Louis XIV., to keep up an ascendancy in the Peninsula—listened to the projects of Don Carlos with a more favourable ear than he would have done if Christina could have made good her ground. No other statesman in Europe but the blind Cupid of the Foreign Office was de ceived by the share which Louis Philippe took in the Quadruple Treaty. The joining in it was little better than an artifice to keep a control on the development of events in the Peninsula, and to prevent England having all . the merit, the honour, and the gains of Spanish regeneration if time treaty could have been carried through. The King of the French had no share in originating the treaty; it was the sole inspiration of Lord Palmerston, as he has taken care more than once to tell us. Had it been suc cessful the object of Louis Philippe would have been answered by that means ; but now that it has failed it is a policy worthy of a Continental Court to secure an influence at the other side, and -the Citizen- Monarch has not neglected to do so. Lord Palmer ston may cry out that he has been humbugged and deceived. No person has doubted of the fact ; but what benefit will arise to him from the avowal ? Will being laughed at afford him consolation in his mis fortunes ? He wants no new clap-trap to secure that species of popular applause. This will be- a grand finale for our wise Secretary's operations. Well may he rejoice in his quadruple treaty and intimate alliance with France. If the affair works out to the last ac cording to the present progress, he will have so fully succeeded in his•foreicrbn policy as to be left alone in Europe, the great Powers turning away in disgust from his revolutiona r y pretensions ; France, wearied of so un p ro fi ta b le an alliance, inconsistent with its new policy ; and the Peninsula, for which we have fought, slipping through our fingers—or that portion of it which may continue for a season true hanging like a millstone about his neck. Louis Philippe cares as little for Lord Palmerston's threats as he does for his alliance.—Morning Post, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, the Member for North Hants, and Chairman of the late Agri cu l tura l C omm i ttee, h as addressed a letter to his constituents, intitled " Re marks on the Present State of Agricult u " nd which professes to contain the substance of the e re a port which was drawn up by Mr. Lefevre, as the Chairman, but rejected by a majority of the Committee. Never, we will venture to say, did the mountain labou r t o so i nsig. nifi cant a purpose, as in the production of this report never did a body of gentlemen, passing for i n t e lli gent members of the Legislature, if we except the never-to be-forgotten Carlow Committee, occupy themselves for THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1836. so long a period, according to their Chairman's account, for so little purpose. What is more extraordinary still is, that Mr. Lefevre is at great pain to inform his readers • " that the report was Sawn up without consulting any member of the Government, or any of the Gentlemen with whom be had the honour of being associated in this protracted engagement." That the Chairman should draw up the report of the Committee in all cases is natural enough. To preside over and regulate the proceedings, to examine witnesses, and draw up the report, seem to he his peculiar duties. But then he 'can do so only as the organ of the Committee, whose opinions it is his duty to collect, and to bring together, as far as may be possible, in the Report. But to make a merit of not having consulted his colleagues at all, is a novel mode of conductin ,, such proceedings, and, if generally adopted, would lead to making the Chair man the only important member of a Committee, and his colleagues mere ciphers. No wonder that, to a Report so concocted, the members of the Committee did not assent. As for Mr. Lefevre's disclaimer of any member of the Government having had a hand in it, we would only remark that, when a man acquits himself of an accusation which has not been made, it sometimes leads to a suspicion which would not other wise have existed. Mr. Lefevre's pamphlet, which we understand has already had a very extensive circula lation, may be said to consist of an eulogium on the new poor and tithe laws, of the former of which his brother is one of the Commissioners ; of a condemna tion of the Corn Laws ; of a recommendation to repeal one half of the malt tax, a reduction of, rents, and of a plough which is calculated to im prove the crops of wheat, barley, and oats, by break ing through tenacious sub-soils. - As a practical farmer, no doubt many of Mr. Lefevre's remarks may be found of much value, though it is singu lar enough that, representing a county, the staple commodity of which are sheep, he never once brings stock to bear either upon his argument or illustration. Surely Mr.Lefevre has not to learn that the sole secret of farming in Hampshire is to keep as large a flock of sheep as possible, and to get plenty of victuals for them. This clone, and large crops of corn necessarily follow ; without this, except in the immediate neigh bourhood of towns, the land becomes impoverished and the crops scanty. Of the effects of Peel's Bill, that great bane of agricultural prosperity, Mr. Lefevre treats his constituents with a very slight notice. He even doubts whether any injurious consequences have flowed from it, and asserts that the difficulties, if any, occa sioned by it, are " rapidly passing away." But we can tell Mr. Lefevre that, if the difficulties are really passing away, it is not because the country can bear the operation of cash payments, but that having been found impossible and unbearable in practice, a new and extensive system of banking is every day counter acting and ameliorating its effects. We shall probably return to the subject of Mr. Lefevre's pamphlet, the effect of which, upon some at least of his constituents, will probably be, that they may find themselves like the frogs in the fable, who wanted a King.—Morning Herald. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGIS- TRATES. COUNTY CO URT.—'flrallsDA r, SEPT. 1. Several Justices of the county were assembled this day at Hicks's Hall, for the dispatch of the routine of public business. Mr. Pownall was voted to the chair. The minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed. COUNTY TREASURER. Mr. Charles Pettit Allen, late Deputy Clerk of the Pe:;cc, but now Treasurer of the County, put in bond se• curities, by five ostensible gentlemen, to the amount of 15,0001., for the due discharge of his duties. They were unanimously received. THE PRISONS' DEPORTS were deemed satisfactory, but a long and desultory conver sation ensued as to the increase of drunken and disorderly persons committed to the prirons. In the House of Cor rection there were t.:t the time, of the account being made up on the 19th 94.2 prisoners, viz., 693 males, 249 fe males, and 10 children ; of which number there were re puted thieves and vagahonds, males 204, females 14. Mr. LIALEAvELL (who has just _returned from the Bristol Association) stated that cab and omnibus men formed a considerable portion of the thieves. At that Association it had been proved that the Coroners' inquests held. in London and Westminster, two-thirds of the deaths were caused by cab and omnibus drivers—to say nothing of broken limbs. It was iiiipurtant the fact should go forth to the public. Mr. BaounirroN, at some 4enzth, confirmed the last speaker. He knew of three notorious receivers of stolen goods holding " plates" (licences) to cabs. NEW PRISON. Therein are contained 233 males, 73 females, and eight chil !rea, generally healthy and orderly ; but there is a daily increase of commitments for the next. Session. The Coura consented that a notice sent to the attorney of a prosecutor (in one of the many gaming-horse prose cutions), or its being posted in the office of the Clerk or the Peace, should be deemed good service. The Court then adjourned. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LANcAsnun, AuG. 30. DOE DEM TATIIAM V. WRIGHT. Tho proceedings in this extraordinary case commenced yesterday morning, a case in which, as was observed on the last trial by Mr. Baron Gurney, is uneq ua ll e d i n t h e history jurisprudence. Mr. British Mr. Justice Coleridge having left Liverpool immediately on the conclusion of the general assize business, arrived here late on Saturday evening, the trial of this case having been positively fixed for yesterday morning, the 29th inst. 'ihe action is by way of ejectm-mt. This case has been already tour times tried, and one pecu liarity in it is, that it is becoming difficult to get a judge to preside who has not already had something to do with it. Up to the present trial the present Chief Baron of the Ex chequer has been engaged by the plaintiff. Lord Brougham has also been counsel in the cause ; as also, we believe, lies Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Baron Al derson, &c. The property involved in the question at issue is said to be of a yearly income of above eight thousand pounds. The deceased Mr. John Marsden, whose will has been the subject of so much litigation, resided at Hornby Castle, in this county, and he died in 1826. He bad never been married, and the defendant, Mr. Wright, who inherits the bulk of his property under his will, was for many years the steward and priticipal agent and manager for Mr. Mars den. The testator was born in 1758, and at that time the family resided in Wennington Hall, Mr. Marsden's father died when he was five years old, and his mother contracted a second marriage with a Colonel Bailie. There were but two brothers, Henry and the testator John. The educa tion of the latter was not attended to. He was for some time at a school in Lancaster, and afterwards at a school in Kirby Lonsdale. Henry Marsden on coming of age in herited the family estate, but at 22 years of age he died of a consumption. Having died intestate, his brother John - came into possession, and notwithstanding that the mother, Mrs. Bailie, was not, as it teemed from the statement, upon good terms with the testator, yet no step was taken to prove his incapacity at any period of her life. Soon after the death of Henry he (John) sold the property in Yorkshire, and raised a considerable sum by way of mort gage, to effect the purchase of Hornby Castle, which pur chase was completed in 1789, and about four years after, in 1793, Mr. Marsden broke up his establishment at Wen nington Hall, the former residence, and removed to Hornby Castle. At that time a brother of the plaintiff, who be came a Clerk of the Peace, was residing with the testator and another relative of the Admiral, also a Miss Tatham, who died in 1809. Things went on in this way till Mr. Marsden's death, in 1826, when he was then bordering on his 70th year. Admiral Tatham, the plaintiff, is first cousin of the deceased, and in the present action he sues as his heir-at-law. It did not appear from Sir Frederick Pollock's state ment (who opened the defendant's case first, in consequence of the form of the action) that Admiral Tatham had been on intimate terms with Mr. Marsden during his life. Im mediately on his death becoming known, the Admiral dis patched a note to Mr. Sharp, the attorney of this town, who had been Mr. M.'s professional adviser, not to allow the will to be read. This note was followed by proceedings in Chancery, and an issue was at length directed to be tried, which trial took place at York, in March, 1830, and when, after a trial of six (lays, a verdict was returned in favour of the will. Two applications were afterwards made to the Court of Chancery for a new trial ; but both were refused, and recourse was then had on the part of the Ad miral to an action by ejectment. The first action went off on a point of law. The second was tried by Mr. Baron Gurney, and on that occasion also a verdict was returned in favour of the will. Sir F. POLLOCK, in opening his case yesterday morning, proceeded to an examination of various letters, and also of a great number of deeds, bonds, &c., which Mr. Marsden had signed, and which had been witnessed by persons of the highest respectability, who would not, he contended, have been parties in any way to such transactions had they at all doubted Mr. Marsden's competency to under stand these documents, or had they believed him to be, as the plaintiff wished him to be thought, a " born idiot." The Learned Counsel was next proceeding to read some letters received by Mr. Marsden from several individuals, when— Mr. cRESWELL objected, on the part of the plaintiff, to their being put in, as the Court of King's Bench had de cided thiit their reception on the former trials was improper. Mr. justice COLERIDGE thought the letters came within the objections admitted by the King's Bench, and decided accordingly, to their being put in on this trial, but the Learned Judge took a note of Sir F. Pollock's having ten dered the letters in the clause. The Learned Counsel then went on to cite the nume rous other legal instruments which Mr. Marsden had exe cuted, and upon these documents alone he contended that Mr. Marsden's competency was established beyond the possibility of a doubt. The Learned Counsel concluded his very able address by a solemn appeal to the Jury, and sat down at a quarter to six o'clock. Sir F. POLLOCK commenced his address about half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning. His speech consequently occupied the long period of nearly seventeen hours. BROMLEY PETTY SESSIONS. Considerable excitement has prevailed in the neighbour hourhood of Beckenham, in consequence of an attack having been made on two of the policemen of that village, on Saturday night, and the Magistrates have been actively engaged in investigating the circumstances. On Wed nesday six persons were charged before the Bench with having taken a part in the affray, viz.—John Williams, George Williams, James Burtenshaw, and John Stone, la bourers, residing at Beckenham, and James Palmer and John Smith, who were hired by a master painter, about ten days since, as they were passing through the village, and incautiously set to paint a gentleman's house, with out knowing where they came from, or what their cha racters really were. After evidence had been gone into, the prisoners ad mitted they assembled round the cage, but denied that they menaced the lives of the police. The prisoners were all committed to Maidstone gaol to take their trials for the assault and attempt to rescue. There appeared to be a strong feeling in the Court as to the impropriety of any tradesmen employing trampers without regard to their characters. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. Yesterday Thomas Lucomb, a sergeant and clerk to the F division of police, was placed at the bar before Sir F. Roe and Graham, Esq., charged on suspicion of hav ing stolen gold, in sovereigns and half-sovereigns, to the amount of 1361:10s. from a cupboard in the station-house. The case excited an extraordinary degree of interest, and the office was crammed. The investigation lasted nearly the whole day. The robbery, by whomsoever committed, took place about mid-day on Wednesday, and upon the discovery of it, communication was immediately had with the Commissioners, and an investigation commenced, the first result of which was that inspector John Mason, and the prisoner yesterday examined, were placed under arrest, on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery. Yes terday morning, however, from circumstances elicited, it was determined that Mason should be allowed to give evidence, be being meanwhile suspended from his office of inspector. John Mason sworn.—l held the situation of Inspector of the F division of police. Yesterday morning I had been to the office of the Commissioners at Scotland-yard, where I received a check upon Drummond's for 1521. 16s. for the purpose of paying the men of the division. In c hange of the check at the bankers', I received 120 sove reigns, 45, half-sovereigns, and 101. 6s. in silver. I brought it to the station-house, and counted it in the superintend ent's office, and found it correct. This was done in the presence of the prisoner, Inspector Stubbs, Sergeant Young, No. 3, and Page, a constable, No. 36. I placed the sove reigns in one bag, -and the half-sovereigns in another, and put them into a tin cash box, putting the silver loose in the, bottom of the box. After having done so, I placed a paper which I now produce over the whole, closed the box, which had no lock, and took it under my arm to the charge room, where I placed it in a cupboard, of which I had the key, locked the door, and went out immediately. I put the key into my pocket. I went to the Marquis of Anglesey in this street to take some refreshment, and re turned in half an hour, when I asked the prisoner if Mr. Hartley, the superintendent, had come down, that gentle man being ill, and he said " Yes." I went and unlocked my cupboard, and found the piece of paper before-mentioned lying outside the cash-box on the same shelf. 1 opened the box, and found,that the bags containing the gold were gone, but the silver left. Sir F. ROE—When you left the superintendent's office. 'aid you leave the same persons you have mentioned there ? Mason—l did. Sir F. ROE—Do you know what became of them after wards ? Mason—l do not. Sir FREDERICK here went over to • the station with Mr. Morgan the inspector, to be made acquainted with the lo calities of the place. On his return he asked Mason whe ther upon his return, after taking his refreshment, he found any one in the charge-room, and whom ? Mason—No one. Mr. James Morgan, inspector, sworn—l came over here yesterday about twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, witb the second list of charges, and on my return to the station house I found the charge-room empty, and asked No. 33, who was on duty at the door, how it was, and what had be- COWC of Sergeant Young, whom he had left there ?'"He said he had been sent to the station house of the E division in Eagle-street. Young came in soon after. Mason and I were the inspectors on duty for ,the day. It is a positive regula tion that one inspector must be on .duty in the station, and never have the .charge7roorn.. It. was ten minutes past one when I returned to the station. There was only one person in the superintendent's room,, with whom I had parted about two minutes before. He was a publican, 'who came to state that he had been plundered. I sent for Mason, and soon after heard of the robbery. I saw Mason and the prisoner standing together at the window of the Su perintendent's room, with the cash-box between them, and one said to the other (he could not tell which), " Some one has riblied the bags, have you played any tricks ?" I thought it a joke, and laughed, when Mason said, "They are gone at all events." Mr. Hartley was in the room, and - I called his attention to it. I then left the room, and was followed soon by Mason, who pointed out the position of the place in which he had deposited the box. By direction of the 'Superintendent the men were all searched at two o'clock, others being placed at the door to prevent any one from going out. The prisoner was not searched. He was in the Superin tendent's rooms, and it did not occur to me to search him. At half-past three we searched the whole premises, and at the extreme end of a dust-bole in the yard, under an arch, I saw something shine, and I crawled in, and found the skeleton-key which I now produce. It was resting partly upon the ashes and partly against the wall. I carried it to the charge-room, and gave it to a man who tried it with the lock of Mason's cupboard, and opened it imme diately. The key was then tried to other locks in the place, but not one of them could be opened with it. The key was handed to Sir F. Roe. George Page, constable, No. 136.—1 was ordered into the Superintendent's room at half-past twelve o'clock. I was then ordered to go to the station-house of the E. division, with Sergeant Young. The prisoner gave the order. William Winter, No. 33 F, sworn—Yesterday morning I acted as gaoler, and saw Mr. Mason come in. I after wards brought a prisoner over to this office on a charge of felony, and returned, and the prisoner (Lucomb) told me a few minutes after to come back here and see if the case had been on, and if they were examining witnesses. This was after Stubbs, Page, and Young had gone, and there was no one else there at the time but the prisoner. In about a quarter of an hour he went away, stating.that he was going to his dinner. The prisoner had gone before Mr. Morgan came back. Joseph Hyams lived in Petticoat-square--(A laugh)-- and was about the station-house on Wednesday, to see if be could buy any old clothes there. About noon he saw the prisoner come out and run across the street very fast with what appeared to witness to be a bundle in a silk handkerchief. It bung loosely in his hand. Ido not know where he went, but he returned in a short time, about two or three minutes. The prisoner asked the witness whether it was not merely a handkerchief, and the same (showing one) which he now held in his hand ; and the witness said he believed it was the same, but his impression was th at i t conta i ne d some thing at the time. Mr. Inspector Harber, of the A division, searched the prisoner's lodgings, at No. 43, Stanhope-street, on Wed nesday evening, and found four very small files and gim blets, now produced. These were handed in. Prisoner—l beg to observe that I once had a tool-chest, which I parted with, and the instruments produced were merely reserved for my own use. Mr. Stubbs has seen them often. Mr. Harber—l also found other similar tools this morn inw, in the cupb oar d w hi c h t h e pr i soner h a d at th e s t at i on . ° Sir F." ROE said there was no further evidence to-day, and he should remand the prisoner ; but, at the same time, he would hear anything he had to say, reminding him, however, that nothing could save him from being remanded. Prisoner—Youn g sa id I was s t o ppi ng at the door of the charge-room, but I was not. I was at the street-door, and h e followed me into the yard. Young—lf I may be allowed, I must positively deny that. Mr. Morgan said that whoever made the key must, from its construction, have used an extremely fine and small file. The prisoner said nothing more, and was remanded for further examination on Monday next. It should be stated in explanation of the difference be tween the sum originally in the box and that which the pri soner was charged with stealing, that Mason bad paid the inspectors and some of the sergeants before he deposited the box in his cupboard. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday, Mary Beale, a young woman, was placed at the bar before Mr. LAING, charged by Henry Walker, a labouring man, residing in Webb's-fields, Islington, with having cut and wounded him with intent to murder him. She was remanded for a week, and Mr. LAING directed that at the next examination a cer tificate should be produced from the surgeon. QUEEN-SQUARE. Mr. Win. illartin, a tradesman at Hammersmith, ap peared to a summons for driving over a poor old man named Richard Clotho'. Mr. I3URRELL, after hearing evidence, said that he must dismiss the summons, there being no proof against the de fendant. Mr. James Ashton, who described himself as a gentle man of independent fortune, was charged with entering the boxes of the Surrey Theatre in the following very unusual manner : Johnson, the officer of the theatre, had observed the gentleman walk through the balcony of the Surrey Hotel, adjoining the theatre, and make his way to the leads in front of the boxes, and the windows being thrown up, he entered without much difficulty, having only to leap the the short space which separates the tavern from the theatre. Johnson added that Mr. Ashton was very drunk at the time. The Magistrates inquired if he confessed the charge of drunkenness, which he immediately did, and was dis charged upon payment of 55., the usual fine. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday a middle-aged fiery-faced woman, named Susan Darlcy, a native of the Emerald Isle, was brought up on a warrant by Webster, an officer of this establishment, charged by Mrs. Smallwood, a lady residing at No. 25, Winchester-row, New-road, with having conducted herself in the following extraordinary and outrageous manner : Complainant (who was stated to be the mother-in-law of Mr. Collins, the vocalist) on Friday last, engaged the de fendant for a short period to do the work of the house, but in consequence of abusive conduct of the most violent na ture she was desired, in the course of a few days, to leave. She then— Mr. HOSKINs—What violence did she use towards you ? Complainant—On the fourth day after she entered the house she was either mad or tipsy, and smashed nearly all the plates and dishes in the kitchen, by throwing them at the door, a panel of which she broke in, at the same time expressing a wish that she could get at my head. I then bolted the door, but soon afterwards opened it, when she ran up stairs, and stayed out all night. Mr. HosKlNS—What happened next, Ma'am ? Com plainant—ln the evening she came again, Sir, when she packed up her things, and demanded a whole month's wages, which I objected to pay her. She then flew into a terrible passion, vowing that she would go to the theatres and expose me and my son to all the performers, and, in short, she declared that at every theatre in town she would make her appearance in the house, and annoy me and my family by every means in her power. A young woman, named Alice Smith, corroborated the greater part of the preceding statement. Mr. ilosKiNs (to complainant)—What amount of da mage has the defendant done? Complainant—Six or seven shillings the crockery, Sir ; and about three shillings the door. Defendant—Oh, my goodness, what will some people say. A gentleman, who accompanied complainant to the office, regretted having recommended the defendant to her notice, as he was aware that on several occasions she had in other places conducted herself in a most outrageous manner ; she had, however, promised him faithfully that she would not so commit herself again. Mr. HOSKINS (to defendant)—What have you to say for yourself ? Defendant (impudently)—The first day 1 did not get enough bread, and the next day witness told me I ought to be satisfied with peelings of potatoes, as many of my own country people were glad to get them ; and what did she call 111,3 an Irish w-- for, I should like to know ? Complainant denied that she had used any such lan. guac, or that she had in any other way treated the de fondant unkindly. The defendant, who on leaving the office swore that she would follow Mr. Collins, the singer, to Dublin, and annoy him and his wife as much as she could, was ordered to pay the expenses of the warrant, and to tind bail for her better behaviour in future. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Yesterday Benjamin Burnett was brought up for re examination, charged with stealing three boudoir tables, of the value of 151, from the shop of Air. Knapp, upholder, of Lower Grosvenor-street.—Committed. A young man of rather gentlemanly appearance, whose name appeared to be John Flood, applied to Mr. CONANT far advice. Previous to making his application, he pulled from out of his pocket a large bundle of letters, some of which were from Members of Parliament, and a few from he Members of the present Administration. He said he had two grave and serious charges to.make against persons for a combination and conspiracy—that he was heir to large possessions in the county of Tipperary, but was kept out of them, and that persons had conspired together to rob him of his life. If his Worship would read his state ment (at the same time throwing a written paper to Mr. Conant), he would see who were the parties who had con trived to rob him. Mr. CONANT, after looking at the paper, informed the applicant that his only course to pursue was to go and in dict them at the Old Bailey. Applicant—l charge Lord Morpeth and Mr. Don with being part!es to this conspiracy, for when I was down with Lord INlorpeth at the House of Commons, and talking to him, he•suffered persons to insult me. Mr. CONANT—What was you doing at the House of Commons ? Applicant—l went there to defend my con stitutional rights and my liberty, and while waiting for those Members who were to support my petition to be reinstated in my lands, I was insulted. 111 r. CONANT, seeing tae unfortunate state of mind under which the unfortunate person was labouring, informed him that he should be protected, and after some difficulty he was persuaded to leave the office. WORSHIP STREET. Yesterday Moses Samuels and Abraham Samuels, bro thers, of the Hebrew persuasion, were placed at the bar. before Messrs. GROVE and BURRELL, a County Magistrate ; charged with committing a robbery. The prisoners were committed. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday, among the persons summoned before the Magistrates at this Office, for the pasment of Poor-Rate, by the parish authorities at Bow, As the Rcv. Doctor Burnaby, the Rector of St. Dunstan's-in-the-East. The rate claimed arises out of tithes levied in that parish by the Rev. defendant, and the present is not the first by several times that the parish officers have had to summons him before the Magistrates for their amount. In the first place, he disputed his liability to pay poor rates at all on his tithes ; and, on its being closely established that he had a right to pay, he allowed a distress warrant to be issued, and his goods distrained on. Since then he has also ob jected to the rate ; and, on his name being called on yes terday, it was stated that he was in the country, but that his curate, the Rev. Mr. James, who was in attendance, and who withdrew before the case was called on for hear ing, would pay the amount claimed—namely, 2/. 75., on the Collector's calling on him. UNION-HALL. Yesterday John Eagle, the driver of a Peckham omni bus, was charged with driving against another omnibus, to the imminent danger of the passengers in both vehicles. The Magistrate, Mr. JEREMY, inflicted a penalty of 50s. on the defendant, and assued him that if he was summoned for a similar offence the full penalty would be inflicted. Several drivers of hackney coaches were summoned for obstructing the road in front of Vauxhall-gardens, and the proprietor of an omnibus was included in the list. The latter defendant pleaded in extenuation of the offence, that it was on the occasion of the Duke of Brunswick's in tended ascent from Vauxhall-gardens that occasioned him to be in that neighbourhood at all. The crowds that collected to witness his Serene Highness ascend into the clouds were so great, that he (defendant) was informed that there were not coaches enough in attendance, and he went to Vauxhall accordingly to accommodate the public ; and as it was not every day such a sight was to be seen as a Prince mounting up in the elements in a balloon, he therefore trusted the Magistrates would be lenient. He added, that after all the fuss made about the Duke, he (defendant) was out of pocket by him, and should in future take care not to take his " bus" to the gardens again. The Magistrates said that such an excuse would not avail the defendant in future, and as the obstruction was created on such an unusual occasion, he should be let off this time with paying the costs. Mr. T. Bateman, a chemist, was summoned at the in stance of the parochial authorities of Lambeth, for the non payment of 91. 155., arrears due for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. On a former day the defendant took an objection to the proceeding, and although he did not deny the paternity of the child, yet he urged that as the mother of had since become a married woman, her husband under the opera tion of the New Poor Law, was compelled to support all her issue. The Beadle said that the child was born from three to four years previously to the passing of the Act, and Wag the defendant bad paid for its maintenance up to the time that he imagined the law could not compel him - . Th. Beadle added that there was no evidOce adduced-to Cloy ° that the mother was a married woman. The MAGISTRATE said that by the old law a man n'tt not bound to be encumbered with the burden of supporting the illegitimate children that a woman had previously to her marriage ; now, however the ease was altered, but in in this instance it was not applicable, particularly a s there was no proof of the woman having a husband. At the defendant's request the case was postponed, on hag stating that he should produce such testimony us would ab solve him from the debt contracted for the maintenanc e of the child. Yesterday the case was again gone into into , itr . the course of which the defendant dwelt on the clause nt the new Act, making the husband of a woman still liable for the support of her illegitimate children, and said that if ought to exempt him. When asked whether he had evi dence to prove that the woman was married, he admitted that he had not, although he was confident of the fact. The MAGISTRATE then told the defendant that he must either pay the sum claimed by the parish, or be com mitted. He chose the former alternative and was then discharged. THAMES- OFFICE. Yesterday Eliza Godrad, a child about eleven years of age, of infantine appearance, was brought before Mr. BAL- S LANTINE for re-examination, on a charge of stealing a ilk handkerchief, value 55., from an infant aged 20 months. A friend of the prisoner's parents stepped forward, and said he knew them to be respectable persons. The gir l had, 1111 believed, been led into this, and he hoped the Ma" gistrate would riot commit her. Mr. BALLANTINE was as charitably disposed towards the prisoner as any one, but he had a straightforward duty to perform, and he could not do otherwise than send the girl before a Jury for trial. The prosecutrix joined in requesting of the Magistrate not to commit the girl, but to dispose of the case sum marily, or even dismiss her ; for her parents, though poor, were very respectable persons. She would rather not pro secute. Mr. BALLANTINE could not depart from the usual course, and he must send the girl to take her trial for tlae . offence. The Judges before whom the case would be tried would take care to place the girl, if convicted, in a way o f becoming a better member of society. THE LATE FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT. ~~.~~ ~ Yesterday an adjourned Inquest was held before Mr. W CARTER, the Coroner for Surrey, and a respectable Jury, at the Globe public•house, Globe-stairs, Rotherhithe, on the body of Thomas Callaghan, aged 21, who was drowned on the evening of the 21st of August, by a boat, in which he was with his brother and other persons, being run down by the Star Gravesend steamer. The facts admitted on both sides were, that the deceased and three other persons, namely, Thomas Riches, a laid writer ; Daniel Callaghan, the deceased's brother, also a law writer, and George Smith, a trimming and button maker, were together on Sunday, the 21st ult., in a large skiff, the property of Daniel Callaghan, off Rotherhithe, on their return from Erith ; and when off Globe stairs, the Star steamer, in her passage down the river, had just turned the point, when she ran against the skiff and mink her. The body of the deceased was picked up on Friday' afternoon, and taken to town by the friends of the deceased , but was brought back into the jurisdiction of the Coroner for Surrey on Tuesday morning. It was then in a most dreadful state of decomposition, and did not admit of any thing like careful examination. George Campion, who picked up the body, stated that it presented, when he first saw it, the appearance of hav ing suffered considerable violence. There were bruises on the bead which he thought sufficient to account for the de ceased's death. Thomas Riches was steersman on the occasion. smit h rowed two •sculls, and Daniel Callaghan and his brother pulled an oar each. When about sixty yards below Globe stairs and about mid-channel he saw the Star steamer coming down the river round Cuckolds'-point. Thinking the steamer would go to the northward he steered for the south shore, and told his companions to pull hard for it. As the steamer neared them witness called out for them t° keep to the northward, but she did not alter her course--; he called as loud as he could, but no notice was taken 01 him, and he heard no one call from the steamer, neither did lie see any one on the paddle-box. The steamer came on and struck the boat in the larboard-bow, when sh e swung round and run under the steamer's paddles and s unk.. In answer to questions by the Jury, the witness said that the steamer was going at a very rapid rate ; she had not eased or stopped till she struck their boat. He had been on the water as an amateur for the last l 8 years, and could prove his capability of managing a boat. George Smith was with the last witness, and luny corrc• borated his statement in every particular. He saw ne lights on the steamer, and did not believe they had any. Captain John Tisdale, the master of the Star, was coo' manding the Star on the evening in question, and about nine o'clock was coming down the riv e r, an d saw a boat tve", over to the larboard bow. One of the men a t the bow ei the steamer called out to those in the boat to keep to the northward, and witness ordered the engine to be ease d ' He then saw the boat suddenly pulled over towards th e south, and then, witness seeing that an accident was how: table, ord ere d th e eng i nes t o b e s t op p e d an d rever sed, bu t the moment the boat struck, he ordered the paddles to be stopped, fearing the persons in the boat might be struck by them. There was a light at the mast-head of the Start which had been hoisted somewhere about Limehouse. By a Juror—Lowered a boat the moment the accident occurred. Heard no one call from the skiff. Was on the larboard paddle-box all the time. Would swear he was p ot going at so great a rate of speed as six miles an hour. M I not know th exact time the light was hoisted, but belie veo it was at London-bridge. A man, named Wilkinson, whose duty it was, hoisted the light. By Mr. Simson, a Juror—The full speed of the 5 /`! /. was about eleven miles per hour. Left Gravesend at o'clock with 500 people, and arrived at London -bridg e ten minutes past eight. The distance from London-bridg e to Gravesend was 271 miles. Wiliam Wood, the engineer of the Star, deposed to the rate of speed. The vessel was only going at the rate ° J five milts an hour when the accident occurred. He receiv e b orders to "ease her, stop her, and back her astern," he obeyed. The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death, r' ith e a deodand of 601. en the Star steamer, at the same t' el ot regretting that there was no law in existence to pr eve t ,' steamers from navigating the Pool at their usual rapid and particularly after sunset." Wednesday afternoon an extensive sale of East India torahs, bandanas, and other goods took place. The prices tained were very high. Coral's realized from 255. to t 10d. per piece, being an advance of 9s. per piece since the riot" sale. Bandanas- went cif at 20 per cent. higher than sale, and nearly 100 per cent. in advance of the quotations tained 15 months since. The Courier de B as Rhi n says th a t a fire later occurred at Grendelbruch, which consumed property t° amount of 120,000 f., and reduced 120 persons to pevel (ADVERTISEMENT.) S. PATENT LEVER WATCH — A g o With silver double-bottom cases £ 6 - 6 With silver hunting cases 6 16 ...... a This celebrated construction (the most accurate on I'm t , watch can be made) is now offered, with the latest improvemen s d, i. e. the detached escapement, jewelled in four holes, caPll er hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining 51i to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T• d o n- SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Corril , V:l. L°ll BIRTH S. e On the 30th ult., at Radweli House, Herts, the lady of R obert Clutterbuck, Esq., of a daughter. On the 30th ult., Mrs 'Wanton, of Dover-street, of a daughter'. dgh e r . i On the 31st ult., at Denmark-hill, Mrs. Hoffman , of a On the Ist inst., in New Cavendish. street, Portland-place au , ". itti Propert, of a son. t of On the 2Sth ult., at Aherystwith, the lady of Dr. W. -735 a daughter. 1 Al A R R I ED. rnes s ' On the 30th ult., at Whaddon, Mr. George Clack, of S hee -ri - • to Ann, only daughter of the Rev. R. A. Hurlook, Vi car of NV P don, Cambridgeshire. On the 30th ult., at Cheltenham, Christopher Saltraarshe, late of Everton, Lancashire, to Elizabeth , eldest daughter of the W. Whitmore, Esq. %Villa ° On the 31st ult., at Saltford, Somersetshire , Thomas .- 1 i , ros Helps, Esq., of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, to Cathar,id Harriet, eldest daughter of Perrot Fenton, Esq., of Saltfora, '— Doctors' Commons. li sl i' On the Ist inst., at St. Mary , Stoke Newington, Williaro te r o f jun., Esq., of Tottenham , t o Emil y H amilton , eldest (laug h • A. H. Rivaz, Esq., of the former place. • -----. DIED. f Or s2la On the 31st ult., Charles , infant son of Mr. C. Wood, e Hill Glebe, Camberwell. e f hem, On the 31st ult., at Hornsey , Mr. Robert Whittingharo , . , cadilly. gall , On the 29th ult., at Beau Manor-park, Leicestershire, widow of T Herr ßeginald,ick, Esq., aged 74 - . On the 10th ult., second son of the late Rev ... .i.. 49'4 4 Whitlev, B. D., Rector of Stowcy, rStomersetsLheireetis, major skelf o o si i On the ' 26th ult., at Chapel Ade ' (late 10th Lancers), of Pap Castle, Cumberland,cin;near a Mag' strte ]Deputy-Lieutenant, for the county. A ald er On the 29th ult., at Boulogne-sur, Mer, Helen, infant — 3 io nths • of Ridhard Jenkins, Esq., of 13icton - Hall, Salop, age d five and sixteen days. pr $ 0 sr• o On the 30th u lt., in Bel ra ve-strect South, Captainl low Sheridan, aged 52. g e t d ter On of a"g iv • the the Rev 2 ls T l s ,. t . ut.. a ev, m tS e h o en e. ley Rectory, Anna Maria, eld 5 - Pj ° ' . .. . _• • --- T(l., ty ).o,dut: i.rinteu and Publ.:,nea b ) MU IWO Y 0 6 ' . he coo 112, Strand, at me Sim Office, No. 112, Stra nd, in " of Middlesex. , ,~.